7,000 duplicate voters in electoral roll in Mehsana assembly constituency: Congress

Gandhinagar: Total 6679 electors in electoral roll of 25- Mehsana state assembly constituency found to have more than one voter ID card, as claimed by deputy leader of Gujarat congress Shailesh Parmar and congress whip Dr CJ Chavda in a note.

They stated that the names of these electors are mentioned more than once in the electoral roll with different voter ID cards. Several names are stated on the same page in nearby sequence numbers, they stated and added that an elector’s name is noted more than once with different voter ID cards in the latest electoral correction process. Deputy leader of Gujarat congress Shailesh Parmar and congress whip Dr CJ Chavda gave a memorandum to chief electoral officer, Gandhinagar complaining that the electoral roll correction process of Gujarat state assembly is not done properly.

They stated in the note that some electors have died before the latest electoral correction program, but their names are not omitted from the electoral roll. The electoral roll of Mehsana also has the names of those electors who have shifted to other assembly constituencies over 10 years ago and their names are added in the electoral roll of the respective constituencies. DeshGujarat